Bringing the world closer: Cross-border investment opportunities for global markets

On Wednesday, 23 October, please join us for an event in London where we will be discussing cross-border investment opportunities for global markets as part of DLA Piper’s ‘LatAm Week’.

At DLA Piper we bring the world closer, providing seamless counsel across all our geographies, leveraging the power of our international platform to provide clients with pragmatic, actionable solutions to their most pressing challenges.

We look forward to welcoming partners and clients from the US, Latin America, Africa and Europe to our London office for a thought-provoking series of panel discussions.

08:30    Registration and coffee

08:50    Welcome and introduction
Ruth Hoy, London Office Managing Partner, DLA Piper
Rick Chesley, Global Managing Partner, US Co-Managing Partner

09:00    Fireside Chat: Geopolitical Reflections – Americas and beyond
Lieutenant General Charles Hooper (Ret.), Senior Counsellor, The Cohen Group, former Director of the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Francisco J. Cerezo, Partner, Chair, US-Latin America practice, DLA Piper

10:00 – 10:15    Break

10:15 – 11:15    Panel Discussion: Boosting investments and mitigating risk in Mexico and Brazil
Allan Stierle, Associate Director, Willis Towers Watson 
Bruno Soares, Co-Managing Partner, Brazil, DLA Piper
Edgar Romo, Co-Managing Partner, Mexico, DLA Piper (moderator)
Harry Krensky, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Discovery Americas
Marcella Hill, Partner, Campos Mello Advogados
Norman F Huber, Vice President, Victory Hill Capital Partners LLP

11:15 – 12:15    Panel Discussion: Cross-Border and Transatlantic Investment Opportunities
Manel Barallat, Chief Financial Officer LatAm, Cognita
Maria Pereira, Partner, DLA Piper
Pablo Casado, Chairman of the Atlantic Basin Initiative at Johns Hopkins University, founder of Hyperion AI Fund, and former leader of the opposition party in Spain 
Robert da Silva Ashley, Partner, DLA Piper
Vincent Keaveny CBE, Senior Adviser, Former Lord Mayor of the City of London (moderator)

12:15 – 12:30    Closing remarks
Lieutenant Colonel The Right Honourable, Tom Tugendhat MBE VR MP
Former Minister of State for Security, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee

12:30    Networking over lunch